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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Dennis

On the site today

Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights (John Lee Hooker). The Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel). Three Feet High and Rising (Johnny Cash). Just three songs festival-goers won't be hearing this morning at Glastonbury, which is being lashed by heavy rain and is currently suffering a power cut. When electricity is restored, our rain-sodden campers will be blogging throughout the weekend, interviewing music fans, reviewing bands and cataloguing Europe's biggest music festival in any way they can. Bookmark our Glasto special report for full coverage.

We've also got live coverage from Wimbledon, where Amélie Mauresmo is among those playing today.

Also on our sports site, Barry Glendenning explains why he won't be supporting Sir Clive Woodward's English Lions.

Iranians are voting in their presidential election run-off today, and in Washington, President Bush meets the Iraqi prime minister, Abraham al-Jaafari, amid further violence in Iraq itself. Here the Ulster Unionists elect a new leader and David Davies gives evidence in the FA industrial tribunal.

Jonathan Watts reports from Beijing on a new Chinese history textbook, and Casey Kaufmann from the World Food Programme provides a snapshot of life in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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